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Duties of Medical Staff of Tuberculosis Dispensary.
1. The examination at the Dispensary of any person
either suffering from Tuberculosis or suspected to be suffering
from this disease, sent by the Medical Officer of Health, or
at the request of the Insurance Committee, or on their behalf
by panel practitioners.
2. The treatment of any such persons at the Dispensary
who are found after examination to be suffering or suspected
to be suffering from Consumption. The Tuberculosis Officer
shall be available for consultation and diagnosis, on application
for his services being made through the Medical Officer
of Health, by any medical practitioner practising within the
Borough of Hackney, and, on the request of the Medical
Officer of Health, to visit, for purposes of diagnosis or consultation
only at their homes, such persons as are unable to
attend the Dispensary.
3. To furnish the Medical Officer of Health with a list of
such cases as require institutional treatment elsewhere than at
a Tuberculosis Dispensary, or domiciliary treatment for
patients whose conditions render them unsuitable for treatment
at a Dispensary.
4. To keep in touch with the Medical Officer of Health and
furnish him with such information respecting the stage, treatment,
and diagnosis of the disease as he may require for
statistical purposes only, also to furnish similar information to
any medical practitioner carrying out domiciliary treatment,
or in a case which is referred to a sanatorium, to the Medical
Officer of such institution.
5. The notification to the Medical Officer of Health of all
cases which have presented themselves for examination and
treatment at the Dispensary.
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